Birds > Thamnophilidae & Antbirds
The White-plumed Antbird (Pithys albifrons) is an unmistakable, strikingly ornate suboscine passerine bird native to the humid primary rainforests of the Amazon and Guiana Shield. Renowned for its extravagant facial plumage featuring long, bifurcated snow-white...
Fungi > Sarcoscyphaceae & Cup Fungi
The Pretty Red Cup (Microstoma protractum) is an enchanting, jewel-like spring ascomycete fungus emerging from damp forest litter immediately following winter snowmelt. Belonging to the cup fungus family Sarcoscyphaceae, this striking species produces slender, upright...
Plants > Lentibulariaceae & Bladderworts
The Rabbit Ears Bladderwort (Utricularia sandersonii) is a delightful, lithophytic carnivorous plant native to the sheer, mist-kissed sandstone crags and dripping seepage zones of South Africa. Named for its whimsical, bunny-faced pale lilac blossoms sporting two...
Invertebrates > Costasiellidae & Sacoglossan Slugs
The Crowned Leaf Slug (Costasiella coronata) is an exquisite, miniature sacoglossan sea slug celebrated for its captivating appearance and biological superpower: kleptoplasty. Adorned with leaf-like dorsal cerata that resemble miniature succulent rosettes, this tiny...
Fish > Stylephoridae & Tube-eyes
The Tube-eye (Stylephorus chordatus) is an extraordinary, ribbon-shaped deep-sea teleost fish and the sole living species in the order Stylephoriformes. Inhabiting the twilight and midnight oceanic depths down to nearly a thousand meters, it combines enormous...
